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What do we consider first when it comes to buying furniture? We don’t simply buy a furniture because of its design. We also need to consider the framework or the quality of the materials used especially the wood.

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We are extremely lucky to work with infinitely variable and immensely beautiful wood ranging from native to exotic hardwoods. One of the fundamental joys of making beautiful wooden furniture is working with these materials. Each timber has its own character. Each board is different. Some species cut under the chisel like hard cheese. Others have all the hardness and resilience of mild steel but without the coldness of touch. Cherrywood, Pearwood, Elm, Ripple Sycamore and Olive Ash are all materials that we enjoy working here at Rowden Atelier. We have a stock here of exceptional timber that we are reserving for our clients’ work. All we need is the encouragement from a client with vision and imagination.

WESTERN RED CEDAR

Thuja Plicata

A real giant of a tree, available in wide boards and very easy to work. The lovely scent can remain in the wood especially when used in confined spaces. Very durable and much used for internal joinery. Especially good for houses, as it withstands almost any climatic condition.

ALDER

Alnus glutinosa

An unusual timber in that it has almost no use in furniture making due to its wild nature on being exposed to air.

SUGAR MAPLE

Acer saccharum

This species comes from Canada and, like most maples, is very versatile: from furniture making, to fine letter blocks for printing press, to tool handles and even billiard cues. It ages and discolours less than sycamore and its grain can be very wavy. See more examples of Maple Furniture.

ZEBRANO

Brachystegia fleuryana

This is often used as a detail in marquetry but its initial lustre can fade when exposed to too much ultraviolet light.

BRAZILIAN MAHOGANY

Swietenia macrophylla

Although this species is, without doubt, the best available mahogany from any of the exporting countries, we have a genuine obligation to our environment and the world conservation principles to try to use mahogany from other sources where conservation is an important factor.

“Wood furniture is a furniture type that has tocontinually betaken care of. If not, the furniture is going to be heady damaged. The need for treatment is because of environmental conditions and weather conditions are incredibly influential on the surface of the furniture. For the treatment of furniture not onlydesigned for a clean surface from the dust, but also to maintain the surface that does not tickle your goals. You need toconcern yourself with streaks, chemicals which eat through the finish, things that contain both wood and fabric, etc. You will findapproaches to make it less difficult. Be sure toutilize a very clean damp, cloth. Make use of lemon oil to keep the wood from drying out. And avoid furniture polish since it leaves a dull coating on the wood.”

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Wood household furniture is certainlya smart investmentthat can last a lifetime iftaken care of properly. With a bit of basic care, your fine furniture lasts for years, and stay just asbeautiful as the day you obtained it. Listed below aresome ideas on taking good care of wood furniture. Below are some simple wood household furniture ideaswhen followed daily will keep your furniture looking new.

Wood is reallysensitive to water and changes in relative humidity. As the weather changes from season to season, so does the humidity in your house and also the moisture content of your wood furniture. This casetriggers the wood to expand and contract with every changes in the humidity. Furniture can best handle temperature and humidity changes once theyoccurgradually. Sudden changes like opening a vacation home, or puttingthings into non-climate controlled storage in winter directly from your warm homecould beproblems for your furniture. In addition, keep your furniture away from all direct heat sources like radiators, wood stoves and air ducts.

So that you canavoiddamage on furniture, position objects on trivets, tablecloths, doilies or others covers to protect the finish. Utilize felt bottoms on lamps and also otherdecorative objects. Especially ceramic objects because they’reextremelyabrasive. Avoid bright red felt since its color could leach in to the wood through the finish. Utilize water based wood glue to stick the felt on objects. Quite a few chemicals in self stick adhesives utilized on felt can cause a reaction that softens or melts the finish. Use place mats or a table cloth to protect the finish from plates and silverware.

Oil might begreat for furniture yet regularly using polish is not. Furniture polish leaves a dull coating on wood. After a whilethis makes the wood seem more faded. It’s going to just look older and worn out. Wood furniture may be expensive, particularly rarer woods like mahogany, cherry, teak. Don’t let thousands of dollarsget wastedby using polishes when all they need is a little bit of oil. Old English and other oils are great however polishes are better left for bowling alleys.

Wood furniture looks great and could be costly. Maintain it looking brand newfor several yearstherefore youdo not have toget it professionally cleaned or worse, replaced. Be sure you wipe down wood furniture routinely with a clean, damp rag. Make use of lemon oils like Old English on anything wood, not furniture polish. Polishes maystand outin the short term. However over time they will leave a dull coating that oil doesn’t. If you take care of your wood furniture it mightlook greatfor years, even generations.